Wagon-reach



(No Model.)

SINGER.

WAGON REACH.

No. 362,231. I Patented May 3, 1887.

N. PETERS, PfwbLilhognyMn Wuhinfloh. D. C.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANANIAS SINGER, OF LOVELOGK, NEVADA.

" WAGON-REACH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,231, dated May 3, 1887. Application filed January 6, 1887. Serial No. 223,609. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern: ment from side to side around andwith the Be it known that I, ANANIAS SINGER, of bar F as a center, and a movement up and Loveloclgin the county of Humboldt and State down around and with the rock bar E as 40 of Nevada, have invented an Improvement in a center. The reach can thus accommodate Wagon-Beaches; and I hereby declare the folitself to the uneven movement of the runninglowing to be afull, clear, and exact description gear by remaining stationary, while its joints thereof. permit the motion of the wheels in the ruts or My invention relates to the class of wagons, sidlin g places. 4 5 and especially to the reaches of the running- By adjusting itself fully to all the movegear, by which the two axles are connected; ments of the wagon there is no strain on the and myinvention consists in the double-jointed reach and no danger of breakage at its end. or hinged reach hereinafter described, the ob- Having thus described myinvention, what I ject of which is to avoid strain on the reach, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 50 and to allow for the motions of the wagon in Patent, ispassing over uneven ground without affecting 1. In a wagon, the reach 0, having on its said reach. forward end on each side the straps D, a rock- Beferring to the accompanying drawings, bar, E, pivoted in said straps, the bar F, hav- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my reach, ing an eye on its forward end through which 5 showing it in connection with the axles and the king-bolt passes, and a threaded rear end bolsters. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the forward pivoted and secured in the roclebar, substanend of the reach. tiall y as and for the purpose described.

A is the rear axle of the wagon, and B is 2. Awagon-reach, (3, having the side straps, the forward axle. O is the reach by which D, the rock-bar E, pivoted in said straps, the 6- they are connected. At the forward end of bar F, having an eye on its forward end for this reach, and at each side thereof, are bolted receiving the king-bolt. a shoulder, f, near the straps D, in the forwardly-projecting ends its rear end, and a threaded portion, f pass of which is pivoted a roclebar, E. ingfreely through the rock-bar and receiving F is a bar having at its forward end an eye, a nut, whereby a double-movement joint and f, through which the king-bolt G of the wagon connection is provided, substantially as and 0 passes. The rear end of the bar is provided for the purpose herein described.

with a shoulder, f, and a turned down In witness whereof I have hereunto set my threaded portion, f which said portion passes hand. freely through a socket in the rock-banE and AN ANIAS SINGER. receives a nut, f on its rear end. It will now 5 be seen that the forward axle has its usual Vitnesses:

movement on the king-bolt, while the whole JOHN JACKSON WAIT, running-gear has in addition thereto a move- G. \V. TERV-ENER. 

